Rail-joint.



Nq. 7915396 PATENTED MAY 30, 1905.

` C. L. ANDREWS.

RAIL J UI'NT.

APPLIUATION FILED DEo.17'. 1904'.

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PATENT OEEICE.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,396, dated May 30, ,1905.

ApplivibOIll- December 17, 1904. Serial No. 237,276.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHANCY L. ANDREWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oonneaut, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rail-joints and its primary object is to provide a novel and useful device of this -character by means of which the meeting ends to railroad-rails may be firmly united against sagging and accidental separation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rail-joint which may be easily and quickly applied and removed, which comprises but few arts so arranged and constructed that all) liability of their becoming loosened or injured is obviated, and which is cheap to manufacture, durable, and eflicient.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed, and illustrated in the accom anying drawings, which disclose the` reflerred form of my invention, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the meeting ends of two railroad-rails, illustrating the application of my improved rail-joint and Fig'. 2 is `a sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, A and B designate the adjacent or meeting ends of two railroad-rails, the same being of the usual construction and form and positioned as usual upon sleepers or ties 1. Y

2 designates a chair adapted to be positioned under the bases 3 of the rails and is adapted to brid e the space between the ties to which the c air is secured. The chair comprises va base-plate 4, rovided with edge flanges 5, which extend t oughout the entire length of said base, said flanges being 'provided on their inner face with grooves 6,

which also extend lthroughout the entire length of the flanges and which are positioned a little above the sides of the base 3.

7 7 designate angle fish-plates, the vertical portions 8 and the horizontal portions 9 5o thereof being adapted to be positioned within parallel arrangement with the .web 10 land base 3, respectively, of the rails A and B. The ed es of the horizontal portions 9 of the fish-p ates are ada ted to be received by the grooves 6, and t e horizontal portions 8 thereof are of a width a little greater thanthe width of the web 10, so as to cause the edges of the horizontal portions 9 to be forced into'frictional engagement with the walls lof the grooves 6, this being accomplished by means of bolts and nuts 1 1 and 12.

The application of my improved rail-joint may be described in the following manner: The chair 2 is positioned upon two adjacent ties and then the bases 3 of the rails A and B are placed thereon between the iianges 5. After the rails have been thus placed the longitudinal edges of the portions 9 of the fishplates are then inserted in the grooves 6, after which the fish-plates are swung to throw the portions 8 thereof into alinement with the webs 10 of the rails. The bolts 11 are then passed through the horizontal portions of the fish-plates, and the web 10 and nuts 12 are mounted upon the ends of the bolts to cause the portions 8 of the fish-plates to approach the web 10, thereby forcing the edges of the portions 9 into frictional engagement with` the construction and advantages of my improved rail-joint will be readily apparent without requiring any further-extended description. It will be seen that the devicev is simple of construction, that said construction permits of its manufacture at small cost,

and that it is exceedingly well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

and the minor details o f construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacificing any of the advantages of my invention.

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' Having thus fully described the invention7 what is c aimed as new is A rail-joint comprising a chair with Vertical longitudinal edge flanges havinCr semicylindrical recesses therein, the hanged sections of the meeting ends of the rails being mounted on the base of the chair, the flanged ishplates extending downwardly from the under sides of the tread of the rails and out of contact with the opposite sides of the webs of the rails, the flanges of said plates being mounted on the upper surfaces of the flanges of the rail-sections and projecting beyond the edges of the same, the edges of the flanged portions of the isheplates being rounded to it into the semicircular recesses of the vertical ilanges of the chair, securing-bolts passing through openings in the {ish-plates and' webs of the rail, and spikes assing through openings of the flanges of tlie fish-plates and also through openings in the base of the chair and into the ties of the road-bed, substantially as specified.

ln testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHANCY L. ANDREWS.

Witnesses:

E. M. CoMsToeK, W. A. MIDDLETON. 

